Closing processes are the management processes undertaken in the last phase of the Project Life Cycle. Their purpose is to evaluate the project implementation and results, gather and document lessons learned and best practices to be applied in similar future projects, plan any post project review required and finally arrange the archiving of project’s records. In this perspective the following processes must be undertaken (Figure 7-22):
| ● | Administrative closure: It is the process during which all project records are collected and archived and all the resources provided to the project are being released. |
| ● | Project Evaluation Review: It is the process during which the project is being evaluated (did the project achieve what it was intended to? What worked well and what didn’t? Was the project management’s quality good? etc) |
| ● | Post–project review: It is the process during which the benefits achieved by the project’s products are being assessed after a period of use. |
Normally the post–project review occurs outside the project. However, for the completeness of the presentation it is described as part of the Project Closure phase, since it is closely related to the project’s outcomes.
Figure 7-22: The Closing Processes